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Japanese Films Screenings Overseas in February, 2007
From February of this year, the Japan Foundation is pleased to present and co-sponsor ongoing screenings of Japanese films at the following exhibitions and international film festivals around the world.
Regularly-presented Japanese film shows
- Bangkok, Thai
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Sydney, Australia
| Date: | Nov. 1, 2006 to Feb. 26, 2007 |
| Venue: | The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne |
| Presented by: | The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne |
| Films Screened: | Thirty-two films including Apart from You, Wife! Be Like a Rose!, Lightning , When a Woman Ascends the Stairs |
| Date: | Jan. 26 to Feb. 1, 2007 (Cape Town) Feb. 9 to Feb. 11, 2007 (Polokwane) Feb. 23 to Mar. 2, 2007 (Johannesburg) |
| Venue: | Republic of South Africa
Cinema Nouveau (V&A Waterfront), Cape Town SterKinekor (Savannah), Polokwane Cinema Nouveau (Rosebank Mall), Johannesburg |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Republic of South Africa |
| Films Screened: | Out Of The World by JunjiSakamoto, Pulse by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Billiken by Junji Sakamoto, Kyoichi-Sawada by Takumi Igarashi, A Last Note by Kaneto Shindo, Water Boys by Shinobu Yaguchi |
| Date: | Feb. 1 to Mar. 9, 2007 |
| Venue: | U.S.A/ Gainesville, Tahlequah, San Antonio, Sewanee, Durham
University of Florida, University of Texas at San Antonio, Sewanee: University of the South, Duke University |
| Presented by: | Embassy of Japan in Republic of Kenya |
| Films Screened: | Nabbie's Love, Kids Return, Barren Illusion, Aoi haru |
| Date: | Feb. 1 to Mar. 31, 2007 |
| Venue: | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Embassy of Japan in Romania |
| Films Screened: | Seven Japanese classic films |
| Date: | Feb. 2 to Feb. 4, 2007 |
| Venue: | Alliance Française (Republic of Kenya, Nairobi) |
| Presented by: | Embassy of Japan in Republic of Kenya |
| Films Screened: | bright future by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kikujiro by Takeshi Kitano,The Face of Jizo by Kazuo Kuroki, Swing Girls by Shinobu Yaguchi, The Hidden Blade by Yoji Yamada |
| Date: | Feb.4 to Mar. 29, 2007 |
| Venue: | England
Watershed Media Centre/ Bristol, Edinburgh Filmhouse/ Edinburgh, Queens Film Theatre/ Belfast, Riverside Studio/ London, Showroom/ Sheffield |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, London |
| Films Screened: | License to Live by Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Laughing Frog by Hirayama Hideyuki, Hush! by Hashiguchi Ryosuke, Canary by Shiota Akihiko, Sway by Nishikawa Miwa, Hanging Garden by Toyoda Toshiaki |
| Date: | Feb. 9 to Feb. 28, 2007 |
| Venue: | France/ Paris |
| Presented by: | The Japan Cultural Institute in Paris |
| Films Screened: | Thirty two films including Young Days, I Flunked, But…, The Only Son, Passing Fancy, A Hen in the Wind, Kagamishishi(A Classical Dance Of Japan). |
| Date: | Feb. 21 to Mar. 11, 2007 |
| Venue: | Yangon (Feb. 21 to 24), Mandalay (Mar. 8 to 11) |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foudation, Embassy of Japan in Myanmar |
| Films Screened: | Thway by Koji Chino ,The Stars Converge by Kiyoshi Sasabe, Madadayo (‘Not Yet’) by Akira Kurosawa |
| Date: | Feb. 22 to Feb. 25, 2007 |
| Venue: | Istanbul Museum Of Modern Art (Turkey/ Istanbul) |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foudation, Embassy of Japan in Istanbul, Istanbul Museum Of Modern Art |
| Films Screened: | Face by Junji Sakamoto, The Ghost of Yotsuya by Nobuo Nakagawa, Black Cat Mansion by Nobuo Nakagawa, The Face of Jizo by Kazuo Kuroki, Swing Girls by Shinobu Yaguchi, The place promised in our early days by Makoto Shinkai |